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we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >> violent protests across the muslim world this week, sparked by a low budget movie by a mystery film maker. the u.s. embassies found themselves under attack by outraged mobs and in some cases forces fired on mobs with deadly consequences and all of it caused a dramatic shift in the presidential campaign as foreign policy suddenly took center stage. ben wedeman is back in cairo. it seems that this weekend there seems to be a cooling of heads to a certain degree in egypt. is that what you're seeing, ben? >> certainly among the leaders of the muslim brotherhood and in the administration of the egyptian president, there is an attempt to calm down the situation rhetorically. and certainly we've seen in messages conveyed by leaders of the muslim brotherhood and the egyptian president, they're trying to send a message of reassurance to washington. but at the same time they're kind of walking a tight rope between washington and the street he
we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >> violent protests across the muslim world this week, sparked by a low budget movie by a mystery film maker. the u.s. embassies found themselves under attack by outraged mobs and in some cases forces fired on mobs with deadly consequences and all of it caused a dramatic shift in the presidential campaign as foreign policy suddenly took center stage. ben...
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we've got live pictures of the first lady of the united states. she's here at the time warner cable arena. she's now at the podium the right there. you can see she's getting instructions, trying to begin to get a little feel for that stage up there. the teleprompter that will eventually be there. she's going to deliver a major address here, obviously, in charlotte at the democratic national convention tomorrow night. that's what the first lady will be doing. she's been here now, i'm guessing for at least 45 minutes to an hour. she was up in the sky boxes walking around, doing some television interviews, and just beginning to get a flavor for what's going on. this will be a very important address. she's very popular out there. has high, high approval and favorability numbers. there's no doubt about that. and she's going to be under enormous pressure to deliver that big speech tomorrow night. we're here in "the situation room" watching everything that's going on. gloria borger is here. brianna keilar is here. as we see the first lady, this is normal
we've got live pictures of the first lady of the united states. she's here at the time warner cable arena. she's now at the podium the right there. you can see she's getting instructions, trying to begin to get a little feel for that stage up there. the teleprompter that will eventually be there. she's going to deliver a major address here, obviously, in charlotte at the democratic national convention tomorrow night. that's what the first lady will be doing. she's been here now, i'm guessing...
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the youngest mayor of a top 50 city in the united states. he's also used to the baby face jokes. >> reporter: one of the fun yer things that happened to you when you first met president obama, he jokingly asked if you were the intern. >> that's right. >> reporter: you being asked to do the speech, is that making up for that jab? >> no, i don't know, i don't know. but i always got the age jokes at different points in my career. >> reporter: is it still happening? >> every now and then. i am starting to get the gray hair i need from my three-year-old daughter and from politics. >> reporter: it is the biggest speech of his career. latinos enjoyed prominent roles at the convention. castro must convince them to stick with barack obama and turn out in numbers. >> reporter: a lot of latino leaders say president obama has not been a friend to the latino community. >> under any score, immigration, education, health care, any number of issues, he has been a very effective advocate for the latino community. >> reporter: he is in the midst of pushing fo
the youngest mayor of a top 50 city in the united states. he's also used to the baby face jokes. >> reporter: one of the fun yer things that happened to you when you first met president obama, he jokingly asked if you were the intern. >> that's right. >> reporter: you being asked to do the speech, is that making up for that jab? >> no, i don't know, i don't know. but i always got the age jokes at different points in my career. >> reporter: is it still happening?...
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she's visiting the united states. and we spoke about that pakistani doctor that seems to be implicated, sentenced to 30-plus years for helping the cia apparently locate bin laden in abbottabad. we had a conversation. here's what she told me. >> this doctor who is portrayed to be a hero over here has come in the way of being able to ensure that polio is no longer prevalent in pakistan. he did not know that he was on this grand mission to get obl. >> this has provoked a firestorm. a lot of angry reaction in the u.s. to the pakistani's arrest of this doctor. what do you make of this controversy? >> reporter: it makes a lot of sense. the cia would not tell anybody who didn't need to know that this is a g-20 quet bin lad this is a "get bin laden" mission. he's been charged and convicted on a slightly different supposed crime which is he, rather than treason, they've said that he was helping the taliban. in reality, this doctor was actually kidnapped by the taliban and actually gave them medical services, is my understandin
she's visiting the united states. and we spoke about that pakistani doctor that seems to be implicated, sentenced to 30-plus years for helping the cia apparently locate bin laden in abbottabad. we had a conversation. here's what she told me. >> this doctor who is portrayed to be a hero over here has come in the way of being able to ensure that polio is no longer prevalent in pakistan. he did not know that he was on this grand mission to get obl. >> this has provoked a firestorm. a...
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welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer's off today. i'm joe johns. you're in "the situation room." >>> a week after the bloody attack on the u.s. consulate in libya, the white house is facing a growing backlash. should there have been more security given possible threats tied to the 9/11 anniversary? and was the attack which killed the ambassador and three other americans premeditated or a spontaneous eruption of rage over an anti-muslim film? our white house correspondent dan lothian is standing by. but first to libya where we have stunning new video and witness accounts of the attack and the last moments of ambassador chris stevens. cnn senior international correspondent arwa damon is in benghazi. >> reporter: this is the first thing fahud says he saw and filmed at the consulate compound. the cafeteria building up in flames. it was shortly before midnight september 11th. the smoke so thick the compound's main house is barely visible. and then this. after breaking through window men shout they found a body. suddenly one of them cries
welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer's off today. i'm joe johns. you're in "the situation room." >>> a week after the bloody attack on the u.s. consulate in libya, the white house is facing a growing backlash. should there have been more security given possible threats tied to the 9/11 anniversary? and was the attack which killed the ambassador and three other americans premeditated or a spontaneous eruption of rage over an...
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look at the history of the united states. we're declared our independence from england in 1776, and the u.s. constitution wasn't ratified until 1789. will you give the arabs 13 years to get their act together? and michael in virginia writes, we're lexington, concord and yorktown worth it? it's not our call, jack. if you want to read more on the subject, go to the blog cnn.com/caffertyfile or our post on the "the situation room" facebook page, wolf. >> jack, thank you. >>> shock, condemnation and grief. we're going to hear hillary clinton's rather emotional statement as the embassy crisis unfolds. nual bonus. and everyone, but her... likes 50% more cash. but, i have an idea. do you want a princess dress? yes how about some cupcakes? yes lollipop? yes! do you want an etch a sketch? yes! do you want 50% more cash? no you got talent. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. with a 50% annual cash bonus it's the card for people who like more cash. what's in your wallet? i usually say that. humans -- sometimes life tri
look at the history of the united states. we're declared our independence from england in 1776, and the u.s. constitution wasn't ratified until 1789. will you give the arabs 13 years to get their act together? and michael in virginia writes, we're lexington, concord and yorktown worth it? it's not our call, jack. if you want to read more on the subject, go to the blog cnn.com/caffertyfile or our post on the "the situation room" facebook page, wolf. >> jack, thank you....
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security requirements for a united states consulate. cnn's intelligence correspondent suzanne kelly has been working the story for us. what are you picking up? >> we are learning that that mission in benghazi was operating under a security waiver at the time. and that basically means the typical security standards that would have been required at other diplomatic missions did not apply in this particular volatile area. mainly because the villa which was being used to carry out the u.s. mission there was temporary in nature. according to diplomatic security experts, that decision to allow the mission to operate under a waiver would have been made in consultation with someone in washington along with their libyan counterpart and of course the ambassador himself. take a listen. >> someone made the decision that the mission in benghazi was so critical that they waived the standard security requirements which psents unique challenges to the diplomatic security service, as you can imagine. >> if you think about those unique challenges from a
security requirements for a united states consulate. cnn's intelligence correspondent suzanne kelly has been working the story for us. what are you picking up? >> we are learning that that mission in benghazi was operating under a security waiver at the time. and that basically means the typical security standards that would have been required at other diplomatic missions did not apply in this particular volatile area. mainly because the villa which was being used to carry out the u.s....
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and when i become president of the united states, we will stop it. i will not cut our commitment to our military. >> the president once again blasted romney's hidden camera comments on the 47% of americans he dubbed victims of government dependence. >> i don't think we can get very far with leaders who writeoff half the nation as a bunch of victims who never take responsibility for their own lives. >> 47% of the people vote for the president no matter what. who -- >> the obama campaign turned romney's secretly recorded remarks into a devastating new ad claiming the gop nominee's words under the families and veterans. >> so my job is not to worry about -- they should take personal responsibility. >> romney two days in a row out to link national security to the nati sluggh recovery. he's seizing on new economic data revising down the 2nd quarter gdp. >> this is not just one quarter. this has been going on now for years. china's growing much faster than we. russia's growing faster than we. our economy needs to be reinvigorated. >> but not all the number
and when i become president of the united states, we will stop it. i will not cut our commitment to our military. >> the president once again blasted romney's hidden camera comments on the 47% of americans he dubbed victims of government dependence. >> i don't think we can get very far with leaders who writeoff half the nation as a bunch of victims who never take responsibility for their own lives. >> 47% of the people vote for the president no matter what. who -- >> the...
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states ambassador to the united states should resign. i just spoke with the spokesman for the national security council and he says rice has done extraordinary work at the united nations and for the american people. the president appreciates the work she does every day and he is looking forwards to her continued work. this is in reaction that she misled people the sunday after the killing of the u.s. ambassador in libya. he also makes the point that everything she said in that interview was cleared by interagency group based on the latest information that the u.s. had, and certainly nothing was designed to mislead the american people. clearly since those five interviews, u.s. intelligence has not concluded that it was a deliberate effort to kill the u.s. ambassador, and it was an affiliate or inspired by al qaeda, so a strong state for susan rice from the white house coming into cnn only opponents ago. other news we're following, this week's informal ref controversy involving the botched call at the end of the monday night football game
states ambassador to the united states should resign. i just spoke with the spokesman for the national security council and he says rice has done extraordinary work at the united nations and for the american people. the president appreciates the work she does every day and he is looking forwards to her continued work. this is in reaction that she misled people the sunday after the killing of the u.s. ambassador in libya. he also makes the point that everything she said in that interview was...
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let's bring in the israeli ambassador to the united states. ambassador michael oren joining us from new york. he's been spending all this time with the prime minister. mr. ambassador, thanks for coming in. >> always good to be with you, wolf. >> clearly israelis, your prime minister, has literally drawn a red line. by implication it suggests that's not necessarily enough. you need the united states to draw that same red line if the iranians are going to back down. and you haven't heard the obama administration do that yet. is that the issue right now? >> well, as the prime minister said to the general assembly today, wolf, the drawing of the red line is designed to give diplomacy and sanctions more time to work. we believe by drawing that red line you won't be increasing the chances of military engagement, you'll be significantly lessening the chances of a military engagement because the iranians have been presented with red lines in the past in the straits of hormuz and they've backed down. we know they can see the color red. we're engaged in
let's bring in the israeli ambassador to the united states. ambassador michael oren joining us from new york. he's been spending all this time with the prime minister. mr. ambassador, thanks for coming in. >> always good to be with you, wolf. >> clearly israelis, your prime minister, has literally drawn a red line. by implication it suggests that's not necessarily enough. you need the united states to draw that same red line if the iranians are going to back down. and you haven't...
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congressman, a nice little bounce for the president of the united states. neil newhouse, though, the romney pollster put out a memo saying don't get too worked up about the latest poing. while some voters will feel a bit of a sugar high from the conventions, the basic structure of the race has not changed significantly. but i assume these numbers are not encouraging right now. tough do some work. what's the strategy? >> well, the strategy to continue to talk about jobs and the economy because, yeah, they did get a little bit of a sugar high an you get a number of days with unfettered access to the immediate why and american people but when you go mono-e-mono and talk about jobs, the economy and the president's record or a lack of a record i think the focus then is who's the best to lead us forward and put america back to work and i think that's clearly mitt romney and paul ryan. >> why didn't romney get a sugar high after the republican convention? >> immediately rolled in to the democratic convention. no excuses. october 3rd and then start to have debates
congressman, a nice little bounce for the president of the united states. neil newhouse, though, the romney pollster put out a memo saying don't get too worked up about the latest poing. while some voters will feel a bit of a sugar high from the conventions, the basic structure of the race has not changed significantly. but i assume these numbers are not encouraging right now. tough do some work. what's the strategy? >> well, the strategy to continue to talk about jobs and the economy...
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it is the nobel laureate's first visit to the united states in decades. she just received the congressional medal, it was awarded to her while she was still under house arrest. myanmar is transitioning from years under another control. more signs of recovery. existing home sales jump by nearly 8% in august. according to the national association of realtors, that is the highest level in more than two years. and the census bureau reports housing starts in august rose 2.3% over july. a new report says children should only eat light tuna and no more than twice a month. the mercury policy project says that is the only way to keep children's mercury intake at a safe level. white albacor tuna should be avoided all together because it was found to have triple the amount of mercury. take a look at this one. you've got to look hat this. this is one of nature's rarest events. it is a fire tornado. and they're caused when a warm column of air rotates and rises picking up a bush fire. this twister was sucking fire up off the ground in australia. and the filmmaker who
it is the nobel laureate's first visit to the united states in decades. she just received the congressional medal, it was awarded to her while she was still under house arrest. myanmar is transitioning from years under another control. more signs of recovery. existing home sales jump by nearly 8% in august. according to the national association of realtors, that is the highest level in more than two years. and the census bureau reports housing starts in august rose 2.3% over july. a new report...
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states ambassador to the united states should resign. i just spoke with the spokesman for the national security council and he says rice has done extraoinyrk at the the eric people. the president appreciates the work she d day a he is lookg forwards her contued rk. this is in eactiohat she mied peoe the sund after the kiin of the u.s ambaador inlibya. helsoakeshe point that inytng she said in that rview sd by integency group based on the had,certainly thing was designen people. clearly since those five terviews, u.s. intelligence has not concluded that was a deberate effort to kill the u.s. ambassador, and it was an affiliate or inspired by al qaeda, so a strong state for susan rice from the white house coming into cnn only opponents ago. other news we're following, this week's informal ref ctrover involving the botched call at the end of the mday night football game gave president obama and governoromney a chance to use sports psychology. >> it was the call thatd every talkingn tuesday. >> who has it? obaincluding president out of sight
states ambassador to the united states should resign. i just spoke with the spokesman for the national security council and he says rice has done extraoinyrk at the the eric people. the president appreciates the work she d day a he is lookg forwards her contued rk. this is in eactiohat she mied peoe the sund after the kiin of the u.s ambaador inlibya. helsoakeshe point that inytng she said in that rview sd by integency group based on the had,certainly thing was designen people. clearly since...
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because frankly it was the united states embassy we're talking about which supposedly is united states tear toirks at least the inside of it. >> right. but internationally, host country always provides the outer perimeter security. so if they failed to do that, then if there's enough people causing an attack it's going to be like the alamo. are going to be able to overwhelm an embassy or consulate. >> so you need host country help. >> you need host country along with adequate security on your part. but definitely the host country has to keep them out of the perimeter in the first place. >> another part this letter. it seems like a pre-11 mindset treating a act of war solely as a criminal matter rather than also prioritizing the gathering of intelligence to preconvenient future attacks." a pre9/11 mindset? >> that's also absurd. the government, the fbi, the cia, the mill takers all of the intelligence asset of the united states have completely been transformed since 9/11. there's a much different level of cooperation and aggressive efforts overseas to try to get to the bottom of some of
because frankly it was the united states embassy we're talking about which supposedly is united states tear toirks at least the inside of it. >> right. but internationally, host country always provides the outer perimeter security. so if they failed to do that, then if there's enough people causing an attack it's going to be like the alamo. are going to be able to overwhelm an embassy or consulate. >> so you need host country help. >> you need host country along with adequate...
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i've been a superintendent for 30 some years at many different park service units across the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not approved for children under 18. people taking maois or thioridazine or with uncontrolled glaucoma should not take cymbalta. taking it with nsaid pain relievers, aspirin, or blood thinners may increase bleeding risk. severe liver problems, some fatal, were reported. signs include abdomi
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now even the president of the united states is weighing in. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." president obama gave a major speech today before an international audience. world leaders gathered at the united nations and millions of viewers around the world were watching. comes exactly six weeks before the november election. and that means president obama's words are also aimed at domestic viewers. in other words, american voters. cnn's foreign affairs ver in nework watching all of thiunfold. jill, update our viewers on what happened. >> reporter: well, wolf,o ow psident oba wn' neyorkery long. pearance, thatspeech.n. orl i ch. in h ch to the united nas pres fadwaudnces, citizens of the world some ofemtica s.and his own fowamer ecide o not toee himo begin today byin you about arica named chris stevens. repter: chris sevens u.s. ambassor to la lled two weeks ago in an attack in benghazi. obama'se americans end the world we're in ts together >> the atcks of t
now even the president of the united states is weighing in. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." president obama gave a major speech today before an international audience. world leaders gathered at the united nations and millions of viewers around the world were watching. comes exactly six weeks before the november election. and that means president obama's words are also aimed at domestic viewers....
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now even the president of the united states is weighing in. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." president obama gave a major speech today before an international audience. world leaders gathered at the united nations and millions of viewers around the world were watching. comes exactly six weeks before the november election. and that means president obama's words are also aimed at domestic viewers. in other words, american voters. cnn's foreign affairs correspondent, jill dougherty, is over in new york watching all of this unfold. jill, update our viewers on what happened. >> reporter: well, wolf, you know president obama wasn't here in new york very long. the highlight of his u.n. appearance, that speech. or maybe you could call it two speeches. in his speech to the united nations president barack obama faced two audiences, citizens of the world some of them skeptical muslims. and his own fellow american who is soon will decide whether or not to keep him i
now even the president of the united states is weighing in. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." president obama gave a major speech today before an international audience. world leaders gathered at the united nations and millions of viewers around the world were watching. comes exactly six weeks before the november election. and that means president obama's words are also aimed at domestic viewers....